my inches are not really budging much either, I've lost 15 pounds since 1/1/04. I have people tell me that my pants are baggie in the butt, I'm down a size but can still wear my bigger sizes not all that uncomfortably. THey still fit in the waist but bag in the crotch and butt. Maybe I don't measure where the loss has been or something, but my chest measurement actually went up .5 inch, it's my hips where I notice the difference in measurements.